ISPRS Commission VIII/WG-2
Symposium on
Advances in Geospatial Technologies for Health
La Fonda Hotel
Santa Fe, New Mexico, US
September 12, 13 2011
Sponsored by
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Vol. XXXVIII-8/C23
ISSN: 1682-1777
Compiled and edited by Amelia M. Budge and Stanley A. Morain
International Society for Photogrammetry and
Remote Sensing
http://www.isprs.org
ISPRS Council
President: Orhan Altan Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, TR
Secretary General: Chen Jun National Geomatics Centre, Beijing, CN
First Vice President: Ian Dowman University College London, London, UK
Second Vice President Ammatzia Peled University of Haifa, IL
2012 Congress Director Cliff Ogleby University of Melbourne, Victoria, AU
Treasurer: Mike Renslow Renslow Mapping Services, OR, US
Commission Presidents
Commission I: Naser El-Sheimy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CA
Commission II: Wenzhong (John) Shi, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, CN
Commission III: Nicolas Paparoditis, Institut Géographique National, Saint-Mandé, FR
Commission IV Marguerite Madden, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, US
Commission V: Jon Mills, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Commission VI: Martien Molenaar, International Training Center, Enschede, NL
Commission VII: Wolfgang Wagner, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, AT
Commission VIII: Haruhisa Shimoda, Tomigaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP
Commission VIII WG-2 Officers
WG Chair: Amelia Budge, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, US
WG Co-Chair: Richard Kiang, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD, US
Technical Secretary: Stanley Morain, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, US
Symposium Organizing Committee (+WG-2 Officers)
Pietro Ceccato, Columbia University, NY, US
Sue Estes, NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, US
Mark Lyles, US Naval War College, Newport, RI, US
Masami Onoda, Group on Earth Observations, Geneva, CH
Jorge Pinzon, Science Applications, Inc. MD, US
Yves Tourre, Columbia University, NY, US
Welcome to Santa Fe, New Mexico!
The International Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing’s Commission VIII (Remote
Sensing Applications and Policy), Working Group 2 (Health) was pleased to convene its first
International Symposium on Advances in Geospatial Technologies for Health in Santa Fe,
New Mexico. The Working Groups was formed in 2008 at the 21st ISPRS Congress in Beijing
with the following Mission and Terms of Reference:
Mission: As a new working group in Commission VIII, its members are focused on applications
of remote sensing and other Earth observing technologies to understand how the natural
environment contributes to environmental (asthma, cholera, meningitis, malaria, yellow fever)
and infectious/zoonotic diseases. One of the areas of interest is identifying Earth observing data
used to improve models and to enhance surveillance systems, decision support tools, and early
warning systems. The working group also aims to reach out to colleagues not only in the
scientific community, but also in the health and well-being communities of practice to begin a
dialog and share information between these two communities. This mission is supported by the
working group's terms of reference and a variety of ISPRS and other related venues and
opportunities.
Terms of Reference: Integrate Earth observations products with enhanced predictive modeling
capabilities for early warning and surveillance of environmental impacts on human health in
cooperation with other international, national, and regional organizations and activities to:
Take a leadership role in appropriate GEO health tasks in accordance with the 10-year
implementation plan;
Participate in ICSU initiatives including the GeoUnions Health Group and the Science for
Health and Well-being (SHWB) initiative;
Contribute to the ISPRS book series focusing on environmental effects on human health;
Develop a registry for human health projects and products that use Earth observations
and kindred technologies; and,
Bridge Earth observing communities-of-practice and human health communities-ofpractice by including health professionals in ISPRS technical sessions, workshops, and
symposia.
At present WG-2 has nearly 60 members, worldwide, and will soon organize its technical
activities for the 22nd ISPRS Congress in Melbourne, Australia 25Aug-1Sep 2012. Participants
at this symposium include representatives from Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Japan,
Nicaragua, Switzerland, Thailand, and the United States.
Advances in Geospatial Technologies for Health
Sunday, September 11: Hotel and Registration Check-in
Monday, September 12
Welcome: Amy Budge, Chair Commission VIII/WG-2
Topic
Speaker
Session 1: Advances in Environmental Monitoring for Health
Organizer/Moderator: Sue Estes, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, US
The Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) Health
Societal Benefit Area: Formation & Plans for a Health & Environment
Community of Practice (CoP)
Masami Onoda, GEO Secretariat, Geneva, CH
JAXA’s Plans for Health Applications Using EO Data
Tamotsu Igarashi, JAXA Earth Observation Research
Centre, JP
Current & Future NASA Sensors for Environmental Observations &
Prospects for Health Applications
John Haynes, NASA, Washington, DC, US
CNES Satellite Data & Modeling for Public Health Applications
Murielle LaFaye, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiale,
Toulouse, FR
Refreshments Provided
Session 2: New Geo-technologies for Health
Organizer/Moderator: Jorge Pinzon, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, US
Ecological Context of Ebola Outbreaks in the African Rainforest Using
Hyperion & ALI Sensors
Petya Campbell, Joint Center for Earth Systems
Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, US
VECTORMAP: A New Resource for Online Mapping of Mosquito, Tick, &
Sand fly Species Distribution Data
A NASA Geospatial Data Portal to Support the Global Environmental
Information System (GEIS) of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance
Center (AFHSC)
Detection of Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks & Their Health Consequences
Using Airborne Lidar
Desmond Foley, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research,
Silver Spring, MD, US
Jorge Pinzon, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, MD, US
Satellite Remote Sensing of Animal Feeding Operations: A Novel
Approach to Characterizing sources of Environmental Exposures
Beth Feingold, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health, Baltimore, MD, US
Michael Renslow, Renslow Mapping Services, Eugene,
OR., US
Lunch Provided
Session 3: Health Science Applications
Organizer/Moderator: Mark Lyles, US Naval War College, Newport, RI, US
Chemical & Environmental Pathology Studies of Particulate Matter: A
Medical Geology Perspective
Jose Centeno, Division of Biophysical Toxicology, Joint
Pathology Center, Silver Springs MD, US
Responding to the 2010 Nigerian Lead Poisoning Outbreak Linked to
Artisanal Gold Processing
MODIS Imagery & an Atmospheric Dust Model for Assessing Pollen
Phenology & Dispersal
Respiratory Health Effects from Particulate Matter Exposure During a 7
Month Deployment to Al Anbar, Iraq
Geoffrey Plumlee, Environment & Human Health, US
Geological Survey, Denver, CO, US
Jeff Luvall, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville,
AL, US
Richard Meehan, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, US
Microbes & Metals: Middle East Dust Exposure & Potential Acute &
Mark Lyles, US Naval War College, New Port, RI, US
Chronic Health Risks
Circular & Connectivity-Ambiguous vs. Non-Circular & ConnectivityExplicit Disease Clusters: Examples from the 2007 British Foot-&-Mouth Ariel Rivas, Center for Global Health, University of New
Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, US
Disease Epidemic
Refreshments Provided
Session 4: Data Integration & Modeling
Organizer/Moderator: Richard Kiang, NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, US
Advanced NASA Data Discovery & Retrieval Systems for Studying
Public Health
Biosurveillance Planning Informed by Epidemiological Simulation: The
Geography of Avian Flu in Nigeria
Monitoring Health Risks Due to Flood Inundation with SensorWeb
Steven Kempler, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, MD, US
Jeanne Fair, Los Alamos National Labs, Los Alamos, NM,
US
Lenny Roytman, City College of New York, New York City,
NY, US
Current Approaches to Modeling Vector-borne Disease Transmission: A
Study in the Tropics
Mapping & Modeling Neglected Tropical Diseases & Poverty in Brazil &
Bolivia
Application of Land Data Assimilation Systems to Spatially Explicit
Malaria Risk Models for the Peruvian Amazon
Radina Soebiyanto, UMBC & NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center, Greenbelt, MD, US
John Malone, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,
LA, US
Benjamin Zaitchik, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,
MD, US
Adjourn---No Host Dinner
Tuesday, September 13
Topic
Speaker
Session 5: Real Time & Early Warning Systems
Organizer/Moderator: John Haynes NASA Headquarters, Washington DC, US
Ecological Analysis of Mosquito Vectors for Predicting Disease Spread
in Pantanal, Brazil
Using Remotely Sensed Environmental Data for Evaluating Malaria
Transmission in Urban Dakar
Approach of Tele-epidemiology Applied to Rift Valley Fever in Senegal
Earth Observations of Environmental Vibrio in the Chesapeake Bay
Satellite-based Real-time & Early Warning Systems for Monitoring
Vector-borne Diseases
Irene Bosch, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
City, NY, US
Vanessa Machault, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, FR
Cécile Vignolles, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiale,
Toulouse, FR
Erin Urquhart, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD,
US
Felix Kogan, National Oceanic & Atmospheric
Administration, Washington, DC, US
Refreshments Provided
Session 6: Emerging & Re-emerging Diseases
Organizers/Moderators: Pietro Ceccato & Yves Tourre, IRI Columbia University, NY, US
Accounting for the Global Under-reporting of Emerging Infectious
Diseases
Avian Flu Modeling in Asia
Object-based Swimming Pool Extraction to Support West Nile Virus
Control Efforts
MERIT: Climate Information for the Prevention & Control of
Meningococcal Meningitis in the Sahel: a Multidisciplinary Partnership
Ilana Brito, Center for International Earth Science
Information Network, Columbia University, NY, US
Marius Gilbert, Université. Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, BE
Andreas Skouloudis, European Commission, Joint
Research Centre, Institute for Environment &
Sustainability, Ispra, IT
Minho Kim, Division of Adult & Community Health, Centers
for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA, US
Sylwia Trzaska, International Research Institute for
Climate & Society, Columbia University, NY, US
Geography of an Emerging Disease in North America: Trypanosoma
cruzi Infection in New Mexico
Marjorie McConnell, Department. of Biology University of
New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, US
New Technologies for Emerging Diseases
Lunch Provided
Session 7: International Health Monitoring Programs
Organizer/Moderator: Stan Morain, WGVIII/2 Technical Secretary
Serving Society Through the WMO Sand & Dust Storm Warning
Advisory & Assessment System
William Sprigg, Chapman University, Orange, CA, US
The Weather, Climate & Health Program at the National Center for
Atmospheric Research
Andrew Monaghan, National Center for Atmospheric
Research, Boulder, CO, US
Health & Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment: A Systems
Analysis Approach
Suzanne Bennett-Johnson, Department of Medical
Humanities & Social Sciences, Florida State University
College of Medicine Tallahassee, FL, US
System integration of mobile technologies and geospatial decision
support systems in public health
Simon Adebola, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention,
Atlanta, GA, US
Examining the Links Between Anthropogenic Stressors,
Biodiversity & Infectious Diseases
Montira Pongsiri, Office of the Science Advisor, US
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, US
Refreshments Provided
Session 8: On and Just Beyond the Horizon
Moderator: Jose Centeno, Joint Pathology Center, Washington, DC
Medical Geology: An Emerging Discipline at the Interface of Earth
Science and Public Health
Jose Centeno, Division of Biophysical Toxicology, Joint
Pathology Center, Silver Springs, MD, US
Intersection of Healthcare & Earth Science Technology Geospatial
Information Systems
Dale Alverson, Center for Telehealth & Cybermedicine
Research, University of New Mexico Health Sciences
Center; Albuquerque, NM, US
Dennis Carroll, US Agency for International Development,
Washington, DC, US
Yves Tourre, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory,
The Transcube Model & Tele-epidemiology
Columbia University, Palisades, NY, US
Joseph Bunnell, International Coordinator, USGS Reston,
Global Change Science Strategy: Implications & Opportunities for Health
VA, US
Symposium Highlights & Future WGVIII/2 Activities Stan Morain, Commission VIII/WG-2 Technical Secretary
USAID’s Program on Emerging Pandemic Threats
Reception followed by dinner on your own
Sponsors
National Aeronautics and Space Administration: NASA was the primary
sponsor for the symposium, providing financial assistance for student participants and
for speakers who would not otherwise have been able to participate. In addition, they
provided funds for specific meeting expenses to enhance the quality of presentations,
the overall experience of all participants, and partial funding for the symposium
proceedings.
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales: CNES provided a grant that
contributed funds to support symposium logistical costs.
Japanese Space Agency: JAXA supported travel and living expenses for
its contribution to the symposium.
Environmental Systems Research Institute: Esri provided general
support funds for organizing and executing the symposium, and for logistical costs.
The European Commission, Joint Research Center: JRC
provided support for travel expenses to European and African speakers.
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing: ASPRS
provided funds for general symposium logistics, amenities, and symposium proceedings.
Bohannon-Huston Inc.: Provided materials for
registration packages and in-kind services.
New Mexico Geographic Information Council: NMGIC provided
general funds for symposium organization and materials
Earth Data Analysis Center: EDAC provided in-kind facilities and
equipment, conference calling services, and materials for executing the symposium.